Hardback, 8vo black cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, x prelims, 263pp. plus index, Very Good/Good +. Owners inscription. Book is not new but no obvious imperfections. Dustwrapper is in very good condition apart from spine having faded through light exposure. Some evidence of handling of rear. Ten original essays on English drama in Tudor times by members of the Cambridge English faculty. Catalogue: Dramatic Arts. Keywords: Theatre, Tudor, Jonson View more info

Hardback, 25cm x 17cm green cloth boards, gilt titles, first thus, 80+pp. Good/Good. Block is very good - with pages clean and unmarked, save for a single small stain to dusty top block edge. Spine bumped, some fading/discolouring along top edge of front board. Dustwrapper (now protected) has some shelfwear with chipping loss along top edges, some surface loss/fading also on rear. Facsimile reprint of Congreve's second comedy, first published in 1694. Catalogue: Dramatic... View more info

Hardback, 8vo blue cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, 218pp. plus index, Photographic illustrations. Good +++/Good +++. Owners inscription. Spine bumped and faded at extremities. Block edges a little dusty. Dustwrapper has been handled occasionally. Spine bumped with single 3mm tear to top of spine. Memoirs of well-connected British aristocrat and brother of Prime Minister, including account of his spell in prison and his career in the theatre. Catalogue: Drama... View more info

Hardback, 223mm x 141mm light brown cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, xi prelims, 230+pp. plus index, Photographic illustrations. Good +++/Good +++. Base edge of spine and borads faded, some during to top edge of block, else clean and unmarked. Binding good. Dustwrapper has been handled only occasionally. Minimal wear. The story of a great London theatre which stood at the centre of a great theatrical age. Catalogue: Dramatic Arts. Keywords: London, Gaiety, Te... View more info

Hardback, 217mm x 146mm maroon cloth boards, gilt titles, first thus, 512pp. Good/Fair. Book has been well read - spine and boards bumped, block edges grubby with some foxing, differential fading to endpapers, retailer sticker on inner front board. Dustwrapper (now protected) is worn and chipped around edges, also grubby from handling, front flap clipped. Marvellous novel set in the world of the travelling circus in pre-WW1 Europe, telling the tale of Hans the clown. Eng... View more info

Hardback, 8vo cream cloth boards, red titles, first edition, 85pp. plus advertisments,Good/Good. Tight and solid. Some foxing to block edges, also to top of front board. Boards and spine have a line or darkening along top. Dustwrapper is a little darkened, spine notably so, with some light marking, but basically intact. Text for dramatic presentation of Lenin, Confucius, Lincoln and a young airman discussing weighty issues in the Elysian Fields. No edition stated but li... View more info

Hardback, tall 8vo black cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, 167pp. plus index, Near Fine/Near Fine. Gift Inscription. Catalogue: Dramatic Arts. This book may attract a higher postage charge than automatically calculated on the website in order to ensure that it is fully covered for an appropriate amount of compensation in the event of loss in the post. If so we will make contact to agree any additional postal charges before completing any transaction. View more info

Hardback, 8vo brown cloth boards, xii prelims, 222pp. Less than good/NoWrapper. Book is tight and solid, text basically clean, but right and bottom edges are ragged, where pages have been cut, Some foxing to edges and occasionally to pages. Differential fading to endpapers, title sticker on spine mostly faded away. Five plays by Milne including Wurzel-Flummery and Belinda Catalogue: Dramatic Arts. Keywords: Milne, plays, lucky, feathers View more info

Hardback, 8vo black cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, 279pp. plus index, Very Good/NoWrapper. Inscribed by author. Book is not new but no obvious imperfections. Ephemeral letters including a photocopy of a note from the author written from the Aldwych theatre. Dustwrapper is clean with minimal wear. Front flap clipped. Pennington's account of how he created his acclaimed one-man show about the great Russian playwright. Catalogue: Dramatic Arts. Keywords: Penn... View more info

Hardback, 236mm x 157mm blue cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, 176pp. plus index, Good/Fair. Spine bumped, boards clean, pages also clean, if a little darkened with age, save for some dusting and foxing to edges. Differential fading to endpapers. Dustwrapper (now protected) has some darkening and wear, with some loss to spine and adjacent top rear, also some patches of staining. But overall impression, with protection, is still good, and book is still quite pres... View more info

Hardback, 221mm x 143mm blue cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, 223+pp. plus index, Black and white illustrations. Photographic illustrations. Fair/NoWrapper. Book feels tight and slid in hands, just a little bumping and chipping to edges of spine and boards, with one small m ark on rear. Block is clean, if edges grubby from handling, Staining to rear inner board and opposite endpaper. Highly technical account of the first 25 years of television in Britain. C... View more info

Hardback, 8vo dark blue cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, XII prelims, 133pp. Black and white illustrations. Good/Fair. Foxing to right edge of block also affecting some pages, top edge of block grubby. Boards and spine clean, just a little bumped. Dustwrapper (now protected) has general foxing, some shelfwear with chipped corners and 1 sq cm of loss at top of spine, with similar loss to base of rear. Four Christmas plays written by the Warden of Bembridge Schoo... View more info